"Stuffed Chicken"

This was one of the Art Projects I had when I was in Hebron High School (2008). I had never sewed more than two pieces of material when I was 5 to make a dress for my doll (yes, I once did that). So this was, as pretty much any kin of art project I did that year, a challenge because I was learning while doing this project. It was based on the food my mother  makes for Christmas and then I adapted it to my abilities and the medium I had (I chose material because I was pretty confident I'd be able to learn how to sew properly).
So basically, we have here a chicken in a wooden table, baby carrots, cut potatoes, little onions, and pieces of bread in a basket. All needed to be of the same material you've chosen to be your medium, so that's why it was also hard to do, specially the damned basket.

Old Self-Portrait

I did this in Art Class when I was 16 (2008) and I was quite proud of it. My parents never expressed as much emotion as my art teacher, so I kind of forgot about it for a long time and became a shame because for a long time I thought it wasn't as good as I believed, but my mother sent me this pictures, so I'm guessing she now likes it, and it has become a reason for being proud again.
I had never used chalk before, so that was a challenge that you can see I had to fight through this piece, starting with the bottom and finishing with the face, that doesn't look at all like me, but I think it's quite ok.
I don't like the face, but I love the hands and the top of the shirt, and I'm pretty happy with the hair.

Sad thing is that I don't think I've gotten much better since this because this is the first and only chalk piece I've ever done, and I feel like if I wanted to do another, I'd have to start from the beginning again.